Cabin bag



Oct. 21 1924.

H. H. LABADIE ET Al.

CABIN BAG Filed Sept. 11, 1922 Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

HARRY H. LABADIE, BURTON B. BEERS, AND THEODORE A. KRUEGER, DE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID BEERS AND SAID KRUEGER ASSIGNORS T0 KNICKERBOCKER CASE COMIANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINIS.

CABN BAG.

Application filed September 11, 1922.

To aZZ whom it may ooncem.

Be it knownthat we, IIARRY H. LABADIE, BURTON B. Bnnns, and THEODO\BE A. KRUEGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ct (look and State 01: Illinois, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Cabin Bags. of Which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to cabin bags and it has for its principal object the provision of a new and improved form and arrangement of parts Whereby a lighter bag may be produced without materjally Weakening the structure. In bags of this type heretofore in use, it has been customary to employ a metal trame work which, in the manufacture of the bag, has been oompletely covered with leather or other suitable 1na terial. In the form of bag ordinarily produced, heretof0re, it has been necessary to do a very considerable amount of hand stitching, whereby it has been impossible to produce a loag of this type at as reasonable a cost as has been desired. Moreover, in the use of bags of that type, where they have been subjected to hard usage, there has been undue Wear upon the end portions of the bag at the top, With the result that the metal parts have been very often stripped of the leather eovering at this point long beiore the bag has shoWn any con siderable wear at any other point. It is the object of our invention to so change the construction and reinf0rcement of the bag that no undne wear shall coeur at any particular point, that the bag may be produced with a much smaller amount of hand Work whereby the bag may be produoed at a more reasonable cost, and so that the bag may still be of suflicient strength for carrying the heavy load of samples or other parts.

The preferred means by which we have accomplished ourseveral objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawing and are hereinafter specifically described. That which We believe to be new and desire to cover by this application is set forth in the claims.

In the drawing:

F ig. 1 is a perspective view of a bag embodying our improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a similar Vie-W but With one of Serial No. 587,572.

the top fiaps turned upwardly and outwardly.

Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the bag.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged detail view, being substantially et section taken on line 4-4: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail viow, being substantially a section on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings, 10 indicates the ends of the body of the bag, and 11 indicates the sides of the body, being -lormed of any suitable material so as to give the requis-ite strength and stifiness. 12 and 13 indicate closing fiaps Which are hingedly secnred along their side edges to the upper edges -oi the sides 11 of the body. As is best shown in 8, the fiap 13 overlaps the fiap 12 when the two flaps are turned downwardly into their body closing position above the ends 10 oi the body.

As is best shown in Fig. 5, the free edge of the flap 13 is provided with a metal reinf0rcing member 14 in the form of a bar, having turned clown ends 15, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The turned ends 15 are so disposed that they are adapted to embrace the free edges of the fiap 12 when the fiaps are turned clown into their body olosing position. The two fiaps 12and 13 are provided with latching devices 16 of any approved type, and a handle 17 is pro- *vided upon the flap 18 for carrying the bag.

For providing the required stiffness for the flaps 18 and 12. 80 as to enable the bag to be carried properly through the nseof the handle 17, we have provided angle bars 18 on the inner faces of the flaps, such angle bars extending from end to end o:E the fiaps so as to engage at their ends with the inner faces of the ends 10 of the body. These angle bars, therefore, serve not only to strengthen the fiaps longitudinally but serve also to prevent endwise movement of the fiaps With respect to the body by their engagement with the ends 10. As Will be appreciated from an inspection 01" Fig. 5, the operation of applying the strengthening bars 18 is very simple. The covering sheet 19 of leather or other suitable material is first folded about the fiange of the bar and a plurality of rivets 20 are inserted through the fiange and through the two thicknesses by the turned ends 15 01: the bar 14.

of the 1eather. The 1eathcr is then fo1ded and glued in position about the other fiange 015 the bar, whereby a very neat appearanc is obtained without the necessity for stitching or other expensive hand operations.

In the construction shown, the flap 12 is a1so provided with a reinforcing bar 21 at its froc edge portion, such bar 21 being adapted to rost immediate1y beneath the bar 14 of the fiap 13.

For further reinforcing the structure, We have provided 1atch devices 22 hingedly mounted upon the ends 10 of the body, in position to engage pins or 1ugs 23 carri ad 1 s W111 be rcadi1y understood, with the hinged latch deVices 22 in engagen1ent with the lugs 23, the fiap 13 is 11e1d against npward movement, serving in turn to hold the flap 12 also in its body c1osing position. By the use of the 1atch devices 22 in connection with the 1atch devices 16 and the bars 18 which' protect against longitudinal movement of the flaps With respect to the cnds 10 of the body, We have provided a construction which is very rigid and strong and which at the same time is very simple and can be prodnced at a very moderate 0051: as compared With the old construction in WhiCh a metal frame W0rk was omp1oyed for mounting the flap np on the upper end of the body.

Whi1e we prefer to cmp1oy the construction illustrated by the drawing, it W111 be underst0od that we do not desire to be limited to the use of the prccise detai1s as shown except as the same are hcreinaftcr speeificaHy c1aimed, inasmuch as it is ovident that various changes might be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

W'e daim:

1. A cabin bag comprising a nommeta1fic body portion having opposite1y disposed ends and sides, and fiaps of the same materia1 hingedly secnred a1ong tire sides of the body and adapted to. fold downward1y over the ends of the body with one flap over1apping the other, a reinforcing 1neta1 bar securcd along thefree edge of. the over- 1apping fiap and having downtvrned edges adapted to enclose the free cdges of the other flap, and 1atching means carricd by the flaps for securing the flaps together.

2. A cabin bag comprising a nonmctullic body comprising oppositcly disposed cnds and sides, and flaps of the s:nne nmtorial hinged1y secured along the sides of the body, and adapted to fo1d downwardly ovcr the ends of the body with one flap ovcrlapping the ot-her, a n1cta1 bar extending along the froc edge of the ovcrlapping flap and having turned cnds adapted to c1nbrncc the otl1cr fiap, said 1netal bar having connoction with the overlapp1ng fiap only a1ong tho froc cdgc thcie0f, and 1atching mcans carriod hy 111c -ends of the body adaptod by engagement with the tulned ends of the 1ncta1 bar to hold the over1apping flap in its body closing position.

3. A cabin bag comprising a body lmving oppositely disposcd ends and sides, fiaps hingedly securcd along the sides of the body and adapted to fo1d dowmvardly over the ends 013 the body with one .flap overlap1fl11g the other, ang1e bars seonred on the innvr faces of said fiaps near thoil' troc edgos. and 1atching mcans for sccnring Said flops lo gether.in their body closing position.

41-. A cabin bag comprising a body Jnwing opposite1y disposed ends and sidcs, [laps hingedly secured along the si des of the body and adapted to fo1d downwardly ovcr the ends of the body With one Hz1p overlapping the other, meta1 reinforcing bars sccurcd on the inner faces 01 the flaps in position 10 engage the ends of the body when folded clown in body c1osing position, and lutching means for securing said flaps together in their bod c1osing position.

5. A ca in bag comprising a body having opposite1y disposcd cnds and sides, flaps hingedly secured along the sides of the body and adapted to fo1d dowmvardly over the ends of the body with one side overlapping the other, 1nefa1 reinfo1cing bars sccnred on the inner faces of the fiaps in position to engage the ends of the body when folded down in body c1osing position and latching mcans for scouring said overlapping Haps re1easably to the ends of the body.

HARRY 1-1. LAISAU1E. BURTON B. BEEI\S, THEODRE A. KRUEGER 

